Merger and acquisition activity slowed in 2023 following years of robust dealmaking. “We saw a gap between buyer and seller expectations in 2023 for valuations as well as business performance,” Cassidy Leventhal, principal at investment firm Achieve Partners, said for an article in Staffing Industry Review magazine. However, there are positive signs. Writer Leslie Stevens-Huffman covers what staffing firms need to know about the staffing M&A landscape in the latest issue of Staffing Industry Review.